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I am an open source developer. I don't sell anything. I am just trying to let people know there is something they can use to make their lives easier.

I don't care about traffic (actually I don't want unrelated traffic - a lot of noise - the key resource wasted is my time), but I do care a lot about involvement.

Since a title can actually trigger involvement, I understand it is good, especially for the readers. Isn't it?

To my understanding, it is good since people that should have been informed about the context in question, have actually been found and informed.

Check this thread for example. A lot of people found something new, learned something. Compare it to the previous one. No one learned anything.

So, what do you think? Shall I pay some attention on titles and their effectiveness?




In Submissions

Please don't do things to make titles stand out, like using uppercase or exclamation points, or adding a parenthetical remark saying how great an article is. It's implicit in submitting something that you think it's important.

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Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html


I didn't do any of these.

Take also into account, I am the author of the original article too. So, would it be better to copy the old article to a new one with the new title?

You are avoiding the question though: Since a title triggers involvement, is experimentation on the titles something good or bad?




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